Bulk ice-cream container



Jan. 18, 1949. H. B. TILLERY 2,459,728

BULK ICE-CREAM CONTAINER Filed March 7, 1946 DLE'I.- l 1 a I 3, I vf 5,

ATTOH NEY.

Pmnadim 1s, 1949 UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE BULK loa-CREAM CONTAINERHubert n. num, Kamm city, Mo.

Application March 1, 194e, sei-in No. 652,825

2 claims. (ci. 229-16) The present invention, which relates to the artof paper manufactures, has for its particular objects to provide a boxthat can be made from cardboard, or stiff paper stock, parts of whichcan be cut or stamped out and readily assembled by the user; to providea box that can be shipped fiat if desired; to provide a two piece boxand a one piece cover, the two pieces of the box being self sustainingwhen assembled; to provide a box whose bottom can be used as apiston toeject the contents of the box when desired.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed outhereinafter.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends invention furtherresides in those novel details of construction, combinations, andarrangements of parts, all of which will be first fully described andthen be particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a developed plan view of the strip which forms the sides ofthe box.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bottom of the box, the flaps beingflattened out.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the box.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the box, the lid or cover being indicatedin dotted lines.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the top or cover of the box with the sidesflattened out.

Fig. 7 is an inside view of the cover in its completed form.

From an examination of the accompanying drawing it will be seen that thebox proper ls composed of two parts, the side walls and bottom retainer(Fig. 1) and the bottom (Fig. 2). yThe 'side Walls and bottom retainerare composed of an uncut rectangular strip divided into side faces I, 2,3 and 4 and a connecting flap 5 by means of parallel, spaced-aparttransverse bend-lines 1. The strip is adapted to be folded back uponitself along a longitudinal fold line or crease 6. The strip is furtherprovided with diagonal fold lines 8 where the corners of the box occur.

After folding the strip back upon itself along the line B and securingthe flap 5 to the face I by gluing or any other suitable way, the bottomI0, with its aps Il bent over on the lines I2 at right angles, isinserted with the flaps II located between the folded-back portions I,2a, etc. and the parts I, 2, etc. as shown in Fig. 5. Thereafter thecorners 9 are pressed over inwardly to lock the portions I, 2a, etc.against the flaps II.

The cover or lid IB is formed from a squaro blank which is slit at' 20and is bendable over at right angles along the side lines I9 to providethe sides I1 of the cover, the sides each having an extension I8 whichwhen bent over at right angles and secured tothe adjacent side (bygluing or any other suitable way) form the corner of the lid or cover(Fig. 7).

When the box is set down on a suitable support, the folded in cornersprovide openings below the bottom I0 of the box so that air maycirculate freely beneath the bottom, an advantage which will be obviouswhen tlie box and its contents are placed in a refrigerator for storage.

While I have particularly devised my box for containing bulk ice-cream,it is to be understood that its use is not to be limited thereto andwhile I prefer to construct the box of cardboard or stiff paper othermaterials may be employed suitable to the uses to which the box is to beput,

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing it is thought the construction, manner of assembly, uses andadvantages of the invention will be clear to those skilled in the art.

What I claim is:

1. A box side-forming blank comprising an uncut rectangular stripdivided transversely by parallel spaced-apart bend lines into four facesand a connecting flap and divided longitudinally by a fold line whichextends from end to end of the strip parallel to an adjacent edge of thesame, said strip having diagonal bend lines adjacent the meeting pointsof said transverse and longitudinal lines and forming about said pointsfour right angle` triangles one side of each of which lies in theadjacent transverse bend line and another side of each of which lies insaid longitudinal fold line while the hypotenuse of each triangleconnects the adjacent transverse bend line with the longitudinal foldline.

2. A box composed of a bottom having downturned flaps, a side wall, aminor portion of which side wall extends below the said down-turnedflaps, while the major portion of the side wall extends above the saidbottom, said side wall comprising an uncut rectangular strip divided lside of each of which lies in the adjacent transverse bend line andanother side of each of which lies in said longitudinal fold line whilethe hypotenuse of each triangle connects the adjacent transverse bendline with the longitudinal fold line, said bottom iiaps having diagonalside edges which conform to the hypotenuses of said triangles. by virtueof all of which when the corners of the side wall are folded in to theiroperative position the diagonal sides of the bottom flaps will remainout of the range of the infolded corners of said side wall, the fullarea 0f the top surface of the box bottom being equal to andcorresponding to that of the area bound by said side wall.

HUBERT B. TILLERY.

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